ACRO Annual Meeting
The Radiation Oncology Summit
2021 VIRTUAL | February 24 – 27
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Wednesday, February 24, 2021
| Time (ET) | Sessions | Speaker |
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| 10:00am | Update on Coding & Reimbursement | Ron DiGiaimo, MBA, FACHE Chairman & CEO Teri Bedard, B.A., R.T (R)(T), CPC Executive Director, Client & Corporate Resources |
| 11:00am | Welcome and Introduction | Sheila Rege, MD, FACRO, President, ACRO |
| 11:30am | Keynote Address - Responding to the COVID-19 Pandemic | |
| Learn about AMA efforts during the COVID crisis, update on COVID-19 vaccine, and how the pandemic has changed healthcare for the future followed by a Q&A period. | Susan Bailey, MD President, American Medical Association (AMA) |
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| 12:30pm | Luther Brady Lecture: Beam On! Shedding Light on Social Justice, Race Relations, and Healthcare Disparities | Panelists: Dwight E. Heron, MD, MBA, FACRO, FACR Radiation Oncology University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Mack Roach III, MD, Professor of Radiation Oncology, Medical Oncology and Urology University of California, San Francisco Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center Karen M. Winkfield, MD, PhD, Executive Director, Meharry-Vanderbilt Alliance (MVA) |
| 1:30pm | Break with Exhibitors | |
| 2:00pm | Management of Oropharyngeal Cancer in 2021: Radiation, TORS, and De-Escalation | David Palma, MD, PhD, FRCPC Professor, Western University Clinician Scientist, Ontario Institute for Cancer Research Radiation Oncologist, London Health Sciences Centre |
| 3:00pm | Skin in the Game: A Review of the Role of Radiotherapy in the Management of Non-Melanomatous Skin Cancer | |
| Radiotherapy for Early Stage Non-Melanoma Skin Cancers | Parag Sanghvi, MD, MSPH Professor and Vice Chair of Department of Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences UC San Diego School of Medicine |
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| Radiotherapy for Cutaneous Squamous and Basal Cell Carcinomas with Perineural Invasion | William M. Mendenhall, MD Professor University of Florida Radiation Oncology College of Medicine |
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| 4:00pm | Break with Exhibitors | |
| 4:30pm | Symposia Sponsored by PER: Medical Crossfire®: Radiation and Medical Oncology Assess Immuno-Oncology Strategies in Stage III NSCLC |
Thursday, February 25, 2021
| Time (ET) | Sessions | Speakers |
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| 10:00am | Symposium supported by Novocure | |
| 11:00am | When and How to do Regional Nodal RT for Breast Cancer | |
| Treatment planning considerations in regional nodal irradiation (RNI) and post-mastectomy radiation therapy (PMRT) | Atif Jalees Kahn, MD, MS, Radiation Oncology, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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| Contouring for Locally Advanced Breast Cancer | Shannon MacDonald, MD Associate Professor Harvard Medical School |
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| 12:00pm | Contouring Symposium including Recent Contouring Guildelines Update Sign up to contour from home PRIOR TO THE SESSION(S) using web-based contouring through MIMcloud | Bethany M. Anderson, MD Associate Professor University of Wisconsin William A. Hall, MD Associate Professor Medical College of Wisconsin |
| 1:00pm | Break with Exhibitors & Abstract Discussions | |
| 2:00pm | Bringing leading edge prostate cancer radiotherapy into your practice | |
| Integration MRI in the clinical care of patients with Prostate Cancer | Cynthia Ménard, MD University of Montreal Hospital Research Center (CRCHUM) Québec, Canada |
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| Clinical Implementation of Gene Expression Biomarkers in the Radiation Oncology Clinic | Daniel Spratt, MD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Michigan Medicine |
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| 3:00pm | Optimizing Nodal RT for Uterocervical Cancer - Dose and Volume | |
| Endometrial cancer radiation therapy: Refining the molecular and anatomic target | Ann H. Klopp, MD, PhD Associate Professor of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
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| Nodal treatment for cervical cancer | Sushil Beriwal, MD, MBA, FASTRO, FABS Hillman Cancer Center at Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
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| 4:00pm | Break with Exhibitors | |
| 4:30pm | Symposium supported by Varian | |
| 5:30pm | Abstract Discussion |
Friday, February 26, 2021
| Time (ET) | Sessions | Speakers |
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| 10:00am | Symposium supported by AstraZeneca | |
| 11:00am | New tools and treatment options for the management of oligometastatic prostate cancer | |
| The Evolving Role Of Molecular Imaging In The Diagnosis And Management Of Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer | Ryan Phillips, MD PhD The Mayo Clinic Rochester, MN |
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| Impact of Next Generation Imaging on Oligometastatic Prostate Cancer: Lessons from PSMA PET | Phuoc T. Tran, MD, PhD Johns Hopkins Medicine Baltimore, MD |
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| 12:00pm | Proton Therapy: Where we are, where we're going, and how we're going to get there | |
| Status of Proton Therapy Centers in the US and Clinical Trials | Shannon MacDonald, MD Associate Professor Harvard Medical School |
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| Proton Therapy Research: Current State and Future Implications | J. Isabelle Choi, MD Clinical Director, Director of Research, The New York Proton Center Assistant Member, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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| Panelists: Charles B. Simone, II, MD, FACRO Chief Medical Officer New York Proton Center Steven J. Frank, MD Professor of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
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| 1:00pm | Break with Exhibitors & Abstract Discussions | |
| 2:00pm | Personalized Treatment in Breast Cancer: Individualizing Breast Irradiation Using Genomic Testing and Pathology | |
| Genomics Testing in Breast Radiotherapy Treatment Decisions | Wendy Woodward, MD, PhD Professor and Chief of the Clinical Breast Radiotherapy Service, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
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| APBI - When and How | Chirag Shah, MD Radiation Oncology Cleveland Clinic Cleveland, Ohio |
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| 3:00pm | Biologics in Sarcoma & Managing Young Adult Sarcoma Patients | |
| Targeted Biologics in Soft Tissue Sarcoma | Philip Wong, MSc, MD, FRCPC Department of Radiation Oncology Princess Margaret Cancer Centre Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
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| Evolution of Radiation Treatment Paradigms in Adolescent and Young Adult Sarcomas | Stephanie Terezakis, MD Professor, Department of Radiation Oncology University of Minnesota |
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| 4:00pm | Break with Exhibitors | |
| 4:30pm | Symposium TBA | |
| 5:30pm | Abstract Discussion | |
| 6:30pm | Resident Program: Difficult Cases Job Hunt Panel SBRT Speed Networking |
Saturday, February 27, 2021
| Time (ET) | Sessions | Speakers |
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| 8:00am | Resident Program | |
| Employment Contract Negotiation | Professor Levenstein | |
| Review of ACRO Resident Scholarship Projects & Winners | ||
| 12:00pm | The Evolution of Multidisciplinary Lung Cancer Treatment | |
| Current Evidence & Treatment Approaches for Small Cell Lung Cancer | Kristen Higgins, MD Associate Professor Winship Cancer Institute Emory University Atlanta, GA |
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| Emerging Paradigms in Oligometastatic NSCLC | Daniel Gomez , MD, MBA Director, Thoracic Radiation Oncology; Chief of Radiation Oncology, Manhattan Service Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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| 1:00pm | Novel Therapeutic Approaches for GI Malignancies | |
| Targeting Pancreatic Cancer: Combining Technology with Biology | Albert C. Koong, MD, PhD, The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas |
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| Is there still a role for RT in localized gastric cancer? | Abraham J. Wu, MD Residency Program Director Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center |
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| 2:00pm | Awards Presentation | |
| 2:30pm | Expert Approaches to Patient Selection and Treatment of Common Nervous System Tumors | |
| The Management and Treatment of Primary Brain Tumors: Meningioma; What are the Controversies | Minesh Mehta, MD Deputy Director and Chief of Radiation Oncology Miami Cancer Institute |
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| Stereotactic Radiosurgery and Surgery for Brain Metastases | Iris Gibbs, MD, FACR, FASTRO, Professor of Radiation Oncology (Radiation Therapy) and, by courtesy, of Neurosurgery Stanford University Medical Center |
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| Spinal SBRT: Patient Selection and Multi-disciplinary Management | Amol J. Ghia, MD Associate Professor and Director of Spine Stereotactic Radiosurgery (SSRS) in the Central Nervous System (CNS) Service of the Department of Radiation Oncology University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center |
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| 4:00pm | Business & Economics | |
| ACRO Accreditation | Jaroslaw T. Hepel, MD, FACRO Director of Stereotactic Radiosurgery, Rhode Island Hospital, and Associate Professor, Departments of Radiation Oncology and Neurosurgery, The Warren Alpert Medical School of Brown University |
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| The 117th Congress and the Biden Administration, ACRO Government Relations & Economics Committee Update, & ACRO PAC | Dwight Heron, MD, FACRO, FACR System Medical Director for Oncology Services at Bon Secours Mercy Health Andrew Woods Chairman, Liberty Partners Group, LLC Jason McKitrick Principal, Liberty Partners Group, LLC Tarita Thomas, MD Associate Professor at Loyola University Chicago |
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| ACRO-RSS Distinction in Radiosurgery | Simon Lo, MB, ChB, FACR, FASTRO Professor and Vice Chair of Strategic Planning at the University of Washington Department of Radiation Oncology Stanley H. Benedict, PhD, FAAPM Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical Physics & Professor Biomedical Engineering Graduate Group, University of California at Davis Cancer Center, Department of Radiation Oncology |
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